One arrest made in bar shooting

Police arrested a suspect in one case, but were searching for a gunman in the other late Sunday.

Lt. Gary Trupe, coordinator of the Potter/Randall Special Crimes Unit, said investigators were confident the 26-year-old man they arrested Sunday morning is the one who shot Manuel Rudy Sanchez to death outside the La Pachanga Bar, 1104 E. Amarillo Blvd., earlier that day.

The suspect's name was not immediately released.

Officers were called to the bar when a fight broke out at 1:30 a.m.

Gunshots were fired during the brawl, police said in a report.

Police later got a call later from Northwest Texas Hospital reporting that Sanchez, 25, had been driven there in a private vehicle. He had several gunshot wounds in his upper chest.

He died at 1:48 a.m.

Police believe Sanchez was shot in the bar's parking lot.

Trupe was not sure how the fight started or how many people were involved but said about 30 people were in the bar at the time.

"We know that several people were involved in the fight, and that it started inside and spilled out into the parking lot," Trupe said. "It was quite a big mess when we got there."

The suspect was found at a north Amarillo home and interviewed by police hours after the shooting, Trupe said. Authorities still are searching for the weapon used in the attack.

Police also are seeking clues in a robbery Saturday that left a 51-year-old man dead and his brother hospitalized.

Loc Dhang was shot several times while chasing two robbers away from a home on the 1700 block of Jennifer Street about 12:30 a.m.

His brother Sang Dhang, 54, also gave chase and was shot once in the leg.

Investigators say robbers demanded money from an unidentified 50-year-old woman who was pulling a van into the garage.

She had three passengers in the van.

One of the robbers had a medium-caliber semi-automatic handgun.

The woman told police she honked her horn for help and one of the passengers ran inside the house to alert the Dhang brothers.

Loc Dhang was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital. He died at 1:42 a.m.

"It's clear ... they were specifically targeted," Trupe said. "They (robbers) were watching the business owners at their businesses, followed them home and made their move in the garage."

Sang Dhang was admitted in fair condition.

Police said one of the robbers was wearing a bandana over his face.

Police also are looking at whether the crime is linked to two armed robberies of business owners who were returning home after closing their business.

Those robberies occurred late at night on Fridays, Feb. 29 and April 11.